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Ambiguous Ending
Evil Sounds Deep
The X of Y
Faking the Dead
Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?
Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Bald of Evil
Call-Back
The Bully
Chekhov's Gun
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"
I Did What I Had to Do
Sinister Minister
Five-Man Band
One-Man Army
Ironic Echo
Developing Doomed Characters
German Films
Mad Scientist
No Celebrities Were Harmed
Line-of-Sight Name
Damsel in Distress
The Casanova
Dull Surprise
Lighter and Softer
Bond Villain Stupidity
Big Damn Heroes
Disproportionate Retribution
Video Credits
Expository Hairstyle Change
Evil-Detecting Dog
Eiffel Tower Effect
Author Avatar
Big Bad Duumvirate
Only One Name
Narrator
Curse Cut Short
Due to the Dead
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
It's All About Me
Adaptation Distillation
Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Fate Worse than Death
Boom, Headshot!
Death by Sex
Sci-Fi Horror
Jerkass Has a Point
Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
Bloodless Carnage
Adaptational Heroism
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
Male Gaze
"Awesome McCool" Name
Police are Useless
Plucky Comic Relief
Bavarian Fire Drill
Television Movie Index
Bound and Gagged
Historical-Domain Character
The Quiet One
Up to Eleven
Interrupted Suicide
Funny Foreigner
Improbable Aiming Skills
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
Stepford Smiler
Russian Films
Token Minority
Bond One-Liner
Annoying Younger Sibling
Maybe Ever After
Parental Abandonment
Fatal Flaw
Redshirt Army
Victoria's Secret Compartment
The End... Or Is It?
Animal Motifs
Overprotective Dad
No OSHA Compliance
Frame-Up
Villain Protagonist
Rated M for Manly
My God, What Have I Done?
Hell Is That Noise
Femme Fatale
Coming-of-Age Story
Product Placement
Politically Incorrect Villain
Babies Ever After
Neck Lift
Stealth Pun
The Bad Guy Wins
Suddenly SHOUTING!
Once More, with Clarity!
The Dragon
Awesome, but Impractical
An Axe to Grind
Fiery Redhead
"Where Are They Now?" Epilogue
Credits Gag
Faux Affably Evil
Death Seeker
I Have Your Wife
Bi the Way
Major Injury Underreaction
Cool Shades
Jump Scare
Amusing Injuries
HeelFace Turn
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
The Power of Love
Hoist by His Own Petard
The Chick
Heroic Sacrifice
Canadian Movies
Market-Based Title
Monumental Damage
Bury Your Gays
Dissonant Serenity
Exactly What It Says on the Tin
Re-Cut
Eldritch Abomination
Bilingual Bonus
Protagonist Title
Overly Long Gag
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy
Woman in White
Vacation Films
All for Nothing
Made of Explodium
Humans Are Bastards
Death by Adaptation
Recycled IN SPACE!
Badass Normal
Combat Pragmatist
The Ace
Here We Go Again!
Manipulative Bastard
Fatal Family Photo
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!
Danny Peary Cult Movies List
Villain Song
Sanity Slippage
"Shaggy Dog" Story
The Ghost
Bullying a Dragon
Beard of Evil
Bittersweet Ending
No Ending
How We Got Here
Silent Movie
Black Comedy Rape
Lampshade Hanging
FaceHeel Turn
Dark Action Girl
Parental Incest
Reasonable Authority Figure
Small Name, Big Ego
Artistic License Military
Shell-Shocked Veteran
Scary Black Man
Belligerent Sexual Tension
Make It Look Like an Accident
Rape as Drama
Riddle for the Ages
Henpecked Husband
Taking You with Me
Body Horror
Anachronism Stew
Dogged Nice Guy
The Stoic
Slasher Movie
Brainless Beauty
Dirty Old Man
Not So Stoic
And Starring
The '90s
The Hero Dies
Pet the Dog
Big-Bad Ensemble
Alas, Poor Villain
Breaking the Fourth Wall
Wham Line
Creator Cameo
My Greatest Failure
The Smurfette Principle
Have a Gay Old Time
Based on a True Story
Continuity Nod
Time Skip
Red Herring
Author Appeal
Artistic License Geography
Works Set in World War II
Action Prologue
Four-Temperament Ensemble
Evil Plan
Hope Spot
Genre Throwback
The Load
The Place
Posthumous Character
The Oner
Hidden Depths
Does This Remind You of Anything?
Psychopathic Manchild
Fake Shemp
Australian Movies
Mundane Made Awesome
Loophole Abuse
Refuge in Audacity
Dark Is Not Evil
Alliterative Name
Shirtless Scene
Action Genre
True Companions
Demoted to Extra
Manly Tears
"Well Done, Son!" Guy
The Ditz
The Alleged Car
Apocalypse How
Affectionate Parody
Well-Intentioned Extremist
Accidental Murder
Offscreen Teleportation
Reality Has No Subtitles
Rich Bitch
Back from the Dead
Tap on the Head
Fun with Acronyms
Big Bad
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
Gold Digger
Ungrateful Bastard
Camp Gay
Older Than They Look
Dropped a Bridge on Him
Laser-Guided Karma
Obstructive Bureaucrat
Black and Gray Morality
Villain with Good Publicity
"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Pyrrhic Victory
Hollywood Law
Would Hurt a Child
Sacrificial Lion
Police Brutality
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
The Alcoholic
Dressing as the Enemy
Deconstruction
Get Out!
French Films
Fourth Date Marriage
Training Montage
Ominous Latin Chanting
Sole Survivor
Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
Really Gets Around
Wham Shot
Bottomless Magazines
Captain Ersatz
Meaningful Name
Decoy Protagonist
Mystery and Detective Films
Deadpan Snarker
Romantic Comedy
Ax-Crazy
Hero of Another Story
Adaptational Attractiveness
Straight Gay
Berserk Button
Ghost Fiction
Deliberate Values Dissonance
Grievous Bottley Harm
Enemy Mine
Comically Missing the Point
Mercy Kill
Does Not Like Shoes
Fantastic Racism
Fanservice Extra
Defrosting Ice Queen
Mythology Gag
Broken Bird
Adorkable
Eye Scream
Dirty Coward
N-Word Privileges
Casting Gag
Jerkass
Spared by the Adaptation
Rule of Three
No-Sell
Heel Realization
Scenery Porn
Large Ham
Vomit Indiscretion Shot
In Medias Res
Historical Hero Upgrade
Improbable Infant Survival
aka: Infant Immortality
Despair Event Horizon
Important Haircut
Nice Hat
For Want of a Nail
Your Cheating Heart
Drowning My Sorrows
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
Car Fu
Those Wacky Nazis
No Antagonist
Fire-Forged Friends
Precision F-Strike
And the Adventure Continues
Freudian Excuse
Would Hit a Girl
Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique
Diabolus ex Machina
Show Within a Show
Film Noir Index
Never My Fault
Sexy Discretion Shot
I'm a Humanitarian
Affably Evil
Chekhov's Gunman
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
Fanservice
Foil
Stealth Hi/Bye
Race Lift
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
Rousing Speech
Blatant Lies
Adaptational Villainy
Cool Old Guy
The Voiceless
Creative Closing Credits
Hong Kong Films
Dark and Troubled Past
Shoot the Shaggy Dog
Action Girl
Defiant to the End
Expy
Broken Pedestal
Bowdlerise
Real Life Writes the Plot
Shower Scene
Grey and Gray Morality
Trailers Always Spoil
Index of Film Westerns
Off-into-the-Distance Ending
Corpsing
Epic Fail
Bloody Hilarious
Break the Cutie
Documentary
In the Back
Not Quite Dead
The Film of the Book
Gone Horribly Right
Chase Scene
Artistic License Physics
Disney Villain Death
Abhorrent Admirer
Intrepid Reporter
Canon Foreigner
Extreme Doormat
Early-Bird Cameo
Gratuitous English
Pun
aka: Incredibly Lame Pun
Daylight Horror
Redemption Equals Death
Butt-Monkey
Roaring Rampage of Revenge
Married to the Job
Deliberately Monochrome
Sadistic Choice
Undying Loyalty
Animated Credits Opening
Extremely Short Timespan
Flashback
Punch-Clock Villain
Shout-Out
Chekhov's Skill
Same Language Dub
Air-Vent Passageway
Serial Killer
Visual Pun
From Nobody to Nightmare
Tempting Fate
Freeze-Frame Bonus
Kubrick Stare
Slashed Throat
In Name Only
Never Trust a Trailer
aka: Trailers Always Lie
This Is Gonna Suck
Totally Radical
Creepy Child
My Beloved Smother
Killed Mid-Sentence
Insult Backfire
Mighty Whitey
Bad "Bad Acting"
Death Glare
Final Girl
Male Frontal Nudity
Hypocritical Humor
Recap /
RiffTrax
aka: Riff Trax Movies
Your Head A-Splode
Intergenerational Friendship
Children Are Innocent
You Killed My Father
Crazy-Prepared
Ship Tease
As the Good Book Says...
Crazy Jealous Guy
Parental Substitute
Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Trailer
Beware the Nice Ones
Anachronic Order
Destination Defenestration
Rule of Cool
Heroic BSoD
Manic Pixie Dream Girl
Pragmatic Adaptation
The Lost Lenore
Action Survivor
Reality Is Unrealistic
Karma Houdini
Parental Neglect
Motor Mouth
Artistic License Gun Safety
Blackmail
Aside Glance
The Vamp
20 Minutes into the Future
The '60s
Foregone Conclusion
Jerk Jock
Adaptation Dye-Job
Punny Name
It Will Never Catch On
Not Using the "Z" Word
Department of Redundancy Department
Mooks
Christmas Movies Index
Animal Title Index
Italian Films
The '80s
Retirony
Funny Background Event
Humiliation Conga
Malevolent Masked Men
Costume Porn
The Remake
Flipping the Bird
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
One-Word Title
Big Eater
Anguished Declaration of Love
Friend to All Children
Nothing Is Scarier
Sassy Black Woman
Epic Movie
Unusual Euphemism
All Men Are Perverts
Vomit Discretion Shot
Villain Opening Scene
The Mafia
Badass Longcoat
The Brute
Becoming the Mask
Cruel and Unusual Death
What You Are in the Dark
Stock Footage
Hooker with a Heart of Gold
Kick the Son of a Bitch
Heroes Want Redheads
Gory Discretion Shot
Greater-Scope Villain
Dramatic Irony
It's Personal
Mexican Standoff
Plot Hole
Wrong Genre Savvy
Yandere
The Atoner
Evil Is Petty
Woman Scorned
Those Two Bad Guys
Asshole Victim
Deus ex Machina
Shipper on Deck
Brutal Honesty
Together in Death
Girl-on-Girl Is Hot
Insistent Terminology
Hair-Trigger Temper
Manchild
Mr. Fanservice
Famous Last Words
'80s Hair
Artistic License Biology
Anti-Hero
Dwindling Party
Bad Boss
Actually Pretty Funny
Adults Are Useless
Missing Mom
Ugly Guy, Hot Wife
Driven to Suicide
Whole Plot Reference
Not So Different
Red Right Hand
Unwitting Instigator of Doom
Dramedy
Cloudcuckoolander
Badass Grandpa
Put on a Bus
All Just a Dream
Light Is Not Good
Adaptation Expansion
Corrupt Corporate Executive
More Dakka
Paper-Thin Disguise
Star-Crossed Lovers
Easily Forgiven
Serious Business
Rule of Funny
Catapult Nightmare
You Have Got to Be Kidding Me!
Roger Ebert: Great Movies List
Dual Wielding
Never Trust a Trailer
Twist Ending
Noodle Incident
Running Gag
He Who Fights Monsters
Kids Are Cruel
Genre Shift
An Aesop
Cold-Blooded Torture
She's Got Legs
Made of Iron
Naked People Are Funny
Meaningful Echo
Fish out of Water
Black Best Friend
Suspiciously Similar Substitute
Early Installment Weirdness
Arranged Marriage
Zombie Stories
Brick Joke
Race Against the Clock
Obviously Evil
Gender Flip
Unresolved Sexual Tension
Armor-Piercing Question
Black Dude Dies First
Death by Irony
Crapsack World
Kill 'em All
I Need a Freaking Drink
Call-Forward
The Un-Favourite
aka: The Un Favorite
Bar Brawl
Room Full of Crazy
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
Knight Templar
Poor Communication Kills
Framing Device
Bring My Brown Pants
Almost Kiss
Very Loosely Based on a True Story
Sealed Evil in a Can
Retcon
Failed a Spot Check
Disney Death
Big Applesauce
Cat Scare
Soft Glass
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
An Arm and a Leg
Mind Screw
Stalker with a Crush
Reality Ensues
Never Found the Body
Aww, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Big Fancy House
Moment Killer
Book-Ends
Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene
Vitriolic Best Buds
Getting Crap Past the Radar
Even Evil Has Standards
Pre-Mortem One-Liner
Let's Get Dangerous!
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday
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Military and Warfare Films
Ripped from the Headlines
Green-Eyed Monster
Word of God
Evil Brit
All Girls Want Bad Boys
Celebrity Paradox
Half the Man He Used to Be
Bloodier and Gorier
Ascended Extra
Gilligan Cut
Crucified Hero Shot
Spiteful Spit
Worthy Opponent
Every Car Is a Pinto
The Musical
Deal with the Devil
Betty and Veronica
Fat Bastard
BFG
Heterosexual Life-Partners
Red Eyes, Take Warning
One Steve Limit
Beta Couple
Cain and Abel
Soundtrack Dissonance
There Is No Kill Like Overkill
Contrived Coincidence
Needs Wiki Magic Love
Last-Name Basis
Take That!
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
A God Am I
Off with His Head!
Kick the Dog
Batman Gambit
Bait-and-Switch
Papa Wolf
NO INDOOR VOICE
Bolivian Army Ending
The Smart Guy
Demonic Possession
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
Rewatch Bonus
Calling the Old Man Out
Determinator
aka: The Determinator
Badass Bookworm
Did Not Get the Girl
Everyone Has Standards
Setting Update
The Big Guy
Earn Your Happy Ending
As Himself
The Dog Bites Back
Ambiguously Gay
Fingore
Shut Up, Hannibal!
Thriller
Adaptational Badass
Double Entendre
Logo Joke
Madness Mantra
Depraved Bisexual
Break the Haughty
Improvised Weapon
Black Comedy
Vampire Fiction
And I Must Scream
Age Lift
Establishing Character Moment
As You Know
Film Noir
Mugging the Monster
Meaningful Background Event
Wicked Cultured
Scenery Gorn
As Long as It Sounds Foreign
Revenge
Dirty Cop
Gorn
Spell My Name with an "S"
Science Fiction Films
Abusive Parents
Stuff Blowing Up
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
He Knows Too Much
Disguised in Drag
Character Development
Psychological Thriller
Red Oni, Blue Oni
Playing Gertrude
Eagleland
Face Death with Dignity
Morality Pet
Be Careful What You Wish For
Adapted Out
Instant Death Bullet
Camera Abuse
Only in It for the Money
She Cleans Up Nicely
Imagine Spot
The Sociopath
Scare Chord
Public Domain Feature Films
Storming the Castle
Attempted Rape
Novelization
Composite Character
Super Strength
Spanner in the Works
Evil Counterpart
Offscreen Moment of Awesome
Central Theme
Not What It Looks Like
The Hero
Leave the Camera Running
Meet Cute
Only a Flesh Wound
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice
Oh, Crap!
War Is Hell
Tagline
Dumb Blonde
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Blood Knight
Anyone Can Die
Left the Background Music On
Artistic License Law
Amoral Attorney
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism
Domestic Abuse
La Résistance
Villain Ball
Title Drop
Only Known by Their Nickname
Insane Troll Logic
Guns Akimbo
Sequel Hook
Sequel Escalation
Slap-Slap-Kiss
Shown Their Work
Cowboy Cop
The Dreaded
Closed Circle
From Bad to Worse
Tranquil Fury
Ambiguous Disorder
Cluster F-Bomb
Dies Wide Open
Outrun the Fireball
The Chessmaster
Superhero
Neck Snap
Death of a Child
Fainting
The Reveal
The '70s
I Just Shot Marvin in the Face
Authority Equals Asskicking
Pretty in Mink
Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
aka: Color Coded For Your Convenience
Lock and Load Montage
Mama Bear
You Have Failed Me
Beauty Is Never Tarnished
Even Evil Has Loved Ones
MayDecember Romance
Determinator
Actor Allusion
Japanese Films
Love at First Sight
Badass Boast
A.I. Is a Crapshoot
Translation Convention
Real Life
Good Is Not Nice
Nice Guy
British Films
Blood from the Mouth
Award-Bait Song
Hate Sink
Pimped-Out Dress
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil
Music Stories
BrotherSister Incest
Adult Fear
Distracted by the Sexy
The Faceless
No Name Given
MacGuffin
Wretched Hive
Irony
Drives Like Crazy
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Not So Above It All
Taking the Bullet
Sir Swears-a-Lot
Villainous Breakdown
Screw the Money, I Have Rules!
Big "NO!"
After the End
Stylistic Suck
Captain Obvious
Dark Reprise
Random Events Plot
Historical Villain Upgrade
Leitmotif
Martial Arts Movie
The Cameo
Our Zombies Are Different
Genre Savvy
Psycho for Hire
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome
Evil Laugh
Implacable Man
Ms. Fanservice
Immune to Bullets
Better to Die than Be Killed
Match Cut
Pay Evil unto Evil
Man on Fire
Pretty Little Headshots
Advertised Extra
The Lancer
Daddy's Girl
Dutch Angle
Spiritual Successor
Love Triangle
All There in the Manual
The '50s
Hypocrite
Darker and Edgier
Knife Nut
Big Brother Instinct
Take a Third Option
Dying Moment of Awesome
Non-Indicative Name
Properly Paranoid
Truth in Television
Groin Attack
timeperiod
It Can Think
Exact Words
Accidental Misnaming
Hero Antagonist
The Great Depression
Gainax Ending
Chiaroscuro
Double-Meaning Title
The Stoner
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
Sports Stories
For the Evulz
Unspoken Plan Guarantee
Country Matters
Conspicuous CG
Facial Horror
Improbable Weapon User
Arch-Enemy
Rule of Symbolism
Agony of the Feet
Toilet Humour
aka: Toilet Humor
Suspiciously Specific Denial
Adaptation Name Change
Arc Words
The Stinger
Eureka Moment
Wounded Gazelle Gambit
Darkest Hour
Cool Guns
Cassandra Truth
What the Hell, Hero?
Hollywood Darkness
Artistic License History
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness
Cool Car
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome
Red Shirt
Screw the Rules, I Have Money!
Pragmatic Villainy
A Minor Kidroduction
Curb-Stomp Battle
The Mole
Pre-Asskicking One-Liner
Rasputinian Death
Men Are the Expendable Gender
Downer Ending
Aluminum Christmas Trees
Unreliable Narrator
Fan Disservice
Horror Films
Jitter Cam
Obfuscating Stupidity
Film Series
Reckless Gun Usage
Evil Is Hammy
Guile Hero
Foreshadowing
Dramatic Gun Cock
Ass Shove
Those Two Guys
A Father to His Men
Naïve Newcomer
World of Ham
Mr. Exposition
Empathic Environment
Happily Married
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
Informed Ability
Badass in a Nice Suit
Mistaken for Gay
Fantasy Films
Biopic
Cat Fight
Too Dumb to Live
Slasher Smile
Romantic False Lead
Honor Before Reason
Covers Always Lie
Auto Erotica
Took a Level in Jerkass
Anti-Villain
Drugs Are Bad
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Alpha Bitch
Laughing Mad
Idiot Ball
Evil vs. Evil
Historical In-Joke
Catch-Phrase
Took a Level in Badass
Bland-Name Product
Self-Deprecation
Disappeared Dad
Bare Your Midriff
All There in the Script
Smug Snake
Toplessness from the Back
Chewing the Scenery
Blonde, Brunette, Redhead
Broken Aesop
O.O.C. Is Serious Business
Homage
A Date with Rosie Palms
Handicapped Badass
The Un-Reveal
Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
Loads and Loads of Characters
Retired Badass
The Cavalry
Our Vampires Are Different
Didn't Think This Through
What Happened to the Mouse?
Skewed Priorities
Cool Old Lady
Antagonist Title
Card-Carrying Villain
Drill Sergeant Nasty
The Starscream
Kill It with Fire
Mood Whiplash
Silence Is Golden
Eyepatch of Power
Karmic Death
Only Sane Man
Say My Name
Horror Comedy
B-Movie
Smoking Is Cool